The 3rd International SPE Combined Caucus Juried Show is organized in conjunction with the 2015 SPE National Conference, “Atmospheres: Climate, Equity and Community in Photography”. In an effort to provide our members with additional exhibition opportunities, we are excited to announce that this year’s exhibition will be held across two fantastic venues! We are so fortunate to have both the Ogden Museum of Southern Art and the New Orleans Photo Alliance (NOPA) hosting this year’s event. All accepted work will be placed in one of the two venues at the discretion of our two accomplished jurors: Deborah Willis and Carol McCusker. This dual venue exhibition will be on view March 12 through April 5, 2015 with opening receptions taking place on the evening of Saturday, March 14 during the SPE 2015 National Conference. The artworks selected will reflect the diversity of the three caucuses. There is no specific theme. For further information on the caucuses’ missions, please visit www.spenational.org/about/caucuse

Requirements

Entries will be submitted and juried through the SPE National website member gallery. To submit work for consideration you will need to create a NEW portfolio in your SPE online member gallery. Please note that you are allowed a maximum of six portfolios if you already have the maximum number of portfolios, you will need to replace one to use as your exhibition submission. Images should be a maximum of 2100 pixels on the long side, jpg format preferred. Please follow the instructions below:

1. Login to http://www.spenational.org with your email address; make sure to select the box in your profile preferences for any/all Caucuses you wish to join. Please make sure that your membership is current.
a. After you have confirmed caucus participation in the “My Profile” section, create a new portfolio titled “2015 Caucus Application Portfolio” in the “My Portfolio” section of the website. The “Application Portfolio” must be the first portfolio in “My Portfolio,” so that the application slide is visible when the Member Gallery is sorted by the exhibition committee for the jurors. Use the yellow cross-arrow to drag this portfolio to the first position.

2. Application Slide: Create an application slide, a jpg from Photoshop works great. Must be white with large black text stating:
APPLICATION
2015
SPE Combined Caucus Juried Show

3. Upload your application slide and up to 5 images.
a.Move your submission portfolio into first position, by clicking on the yellow cross-arrow and dragging to first position.
b.Upload the application slide first. Then upload your 5 application images.
c.YOU MUST MARK YOUR PORTFOLIO PUBLIC! If you do not, the jurors will not be able to view your entry.

4. Artist Statement: You must include an artist statement in your “Application Portfolio.” When you create your new portfolio there is a text box for you to enter an artist statement into. Your application WILL NOT be reviewed without an artist statement, brief or otherwise. Please make this 600 words max.

5. After you have successfully uploaded your application, click on “support us” from the SPE menu, then click on “merchandise” and scroll down to and click the button for “2015 All Caucus Exhibition” to pay for your entry. http://www.spenational.org/support-us/merchandise

6. After you have uploaded your application portfolio, and paid your entry fee, you must send an email with 2015 SPE Caucus Exhibition Application in the subject area to SPEcaucus2015@gmail.com. It is very important that you send this email, as it is the only way the organizers know you have submitted to the exhibition! Please include your name as it appears on your SPE Gallery, a return email address and caucus membership information, and payment confirmation. Your work will not be reviewed if this email confirmation is not received.

Due 2/20/2015

The Beinecke Scholarship seeks to encourage and enable highly
motivated students to pursue opportunities available to them and to be
courageous in the selection of a graduate course of study in the arts,
humanities and social sciences. Since 1975 the program has selected
more than 550 college juniors from more than 100 different
undergraduate institutions for support during graduate study at any
accredited university. Each scholar receives $4,000 immediately prior
to entering graduate school and an additional $30,000 while attending
graduate school.

Entries Due | November 19, 2014 Midnight MT USA
THEME |On Beauty
JUROR |Kathleen Clark

Juror’s Award| $500.00
Director’s Award | $250.00
Two livebooks Website Awards| Valued at $399.00 each.
Honorable Mention Awards| 2 year membership and a five image submission to a call for entry at the Center.

Exhibiting artists are invited to the reception and offered complimentary portfolio reviews with the Juror, Kathleen Clark and Director, Hamidah Glasgow. In addition, there are other weekend events including a group lunch and group portfolio share.

For More Information about the On Beauty Call For Entries, click here

SPE Multicultural Caucus   /   Deadline: 10/15/14

The SPE MultiCultural Caucus is looking for original works in film or video to screen at the SPE/MCC Film and Video Festival at the 2015 Annual Conference in New Orleans this March. rnrnThis year we will have a screening room and also show the festival over the hotel’s TV system, so conference attendees can see your work with friends, or screen the videos in their own rooms. The list of selected works and artists’ bios will also be printed in the conference catalog. Don’t miss this chance to have your work seen by one of the world’s most discerning and important audiences- your fellow SPE members! rnrnThe festival is curated by SPE MCC member Neil Chowdhury.

Location

SPE 2015 National Conference – New Orleans, LA

Fees

Free

Eligibility

This is a SPE members’ only exhibit, so please be sure to update your SPE membership in order to have your work considered for the festival.

Requirements

Multi Cultural means the festival is open works by and about people of every culture. We are seeking time-based works that explore issues of cultural identity in the broadest possible sense. There is no restriction on subject matter, genre, or medium. We hope that this festival can highlight the amazing diversity and talent to be found amongst members of SPE.

Short works (under 10 minutes) are preferred, but if you have a longer piece please contact the curator directly and we may be able to find a way to screen a trailer, excerpt or shorter edit.

Please email a short written synopsis/statement for the piece and a short artist bio to Neil Chowdhury at scoopneil@gmail.com. Include:
– Title of Work
– Name of Artist/Director,
– Date of Production
– Medium
– Run Time in Min:Sec.
– Include full credit information for collaborators, as well as any restriction you may have on distribution and reproduction of the work.

Upload a full resolution Quicktime File of the video piece to dropbox folder http://tinyurl.com/qjz5aft. Please name your file in the following format: firstname_lastname_titleofwork.

You can also mail your work on a DVD to: Neil Chowdhury, Department of Art and Design, California State University Fresno, 5225 N. Backer Ave. M/S CA65, Fresno, California 93740.

All works must be original and not contain any copyrighted material unless you have the copyright holder’s permission to use and share them. By submitting this work to the SPE MCC Film and Video Festival, you are giving permission to SPE to reproduce the work on a compilation that will be exhibited in the conference screening room and broadcast on the conference hotel’s TV system at the SPE National Conference.

Contact Information

Department of Art and Design, California State University Fresno 5225 N. Backer Ave. M/S CA65
Fresno, CA 93740

W: www.spenational.org
E: scoopneil@gmail.com

Due November 15, 2014

Apply for the Artist-in-Residence program at RayKo Photo Center! Our residence Program was developed to continue our support and education of fine art photographers. Selected artists will receive unlimited access to RayKo’s facilities for a six-month time period. Residents will receive significant discounts on other services at RayKo plus free workshops, tutorials, and generous staff support. Each artist’s residency will culminate in an exhibition in the RayKo Gallery. Up to three final prints from each artist will be selected for donation to RayKo’s print collection.  Applications are open to all artists working in photography. The submission deadline for the 2015 residencies is November 15, 2014. There is a non-refundable administration fee of $30 to apply. Finalists will be notified by December 1, 2014 and interviews will be scheduled during the first weeks of December 2014.

Women’s Studio Workshop currently has multiple opportunities for residencies, grants and internships that are due on October 15, 2014. To learn more about these opportunities, click here.

2014 Call for Entries

Apply to show at the 010 Gallery

Apply: Drop your application off in the box in Visual Arts Office / Room 107FAB or email to: dpdtwu@gmail.com by Saturday, October 25th, 2014. Entry form at www.twu.edu/visual-arts, under 010 Gallery.

Vote: Voting will take place in the Visual Arts Building
Tuesday, October 28th / 5-7pm
Wednesday, October 29th / 8am – 2pm
Thursday, October 30th / 9am – 2pm
Also at the Student Union
Wednesday, October 29th, 12noon – 1pm & Thursday, October 30th , 12noon – 1pm

Meet: Mandatory meeting for selected artists Tuesday, November 11th, 5pm at the 010 gallery (basement of the TWU Student Union)

Due November 18, 2014

Photographer’s Forum has announced their 35th annual college and high school photography contest. To apply to the contest, click here.

Due October 14, 2014

35th Annual College & High School Photography Contest sponsored by NIKON
WINNING PHOTOS will be published in the May 2015 issue of Photographer’s Forum Magazine and entered into Nikon’s Emerging Photographers Hall of Fame.